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The links below provide a brief overview of these communities. Others will be added and completed in the future.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 03 March 2011 17:51 |
History: The Chicago-Colorado Colony, founders of Longmont, were originally invited to join the Union Colony in Greeley. But the pioneers traveled to Utah, met with Mormon leader Brigham Young and then returned to Colorado, buying 50,000 acres in the are of Left Hand, Boulder, St. Vrain and Little Thompson creeks. They picked a bluff east of Longs Peak for the town site and named the town after the peak in 1870. The first president of the colony was Seth Terry, chosen May 1st, 1871. By June Longmont had a population of 400 with more people coming daily. It was later incorporated in 1873. It became a hub for farming activites such as Sugar beets, alfalfa, beans, potatoes and peas were raised in the St. Vrain Valley. The Great Western Sugar factory manufactured sugar from the beets and the Empson (later kuner-Empson) cannery processed peas and other vegetables. For more history, be sure to visit the Longmont Museum & Cultural Center.
Today: Longmont is the second largest city in Boulder County behind Boulder. Because of the beauty of the mountains and the attractive Downtown area, Longmont has become a very desireable location for housing. The city grew 38 percent in the 1990's, from 51,555 people in 1990 to 71,093 in 2000 according to the census. Longmont is known for its year round public events from fairs to rodeos including the annual Boulder County Fair each summer and Rhythm on the River. Longmont is also a great place for antique shopping.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 03 March 2011 17:51 |
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April 2008
Appeal: Just 18 miles north of the city of Boulder, Lyons is a wonderful small community surrounded by hills of ponderosa pine and areas of red sandstone. Lyons has several sandstone buildings which date back to the late 1800's and early 1900's which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Lyons is known as the "Double Gateway to the Rockies" because of the two different ways to reach Estes Park. One is through Colorado Hwy. 7 or Hwy. 36. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 11 May 2009 21:33 |
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June 2004
The town's name shows its roots from a time when it had a Sanitarium to work with tuberculosis (TB) patients. In 1882 the sanitarium was started by Rev. Jacob S. Flory and his Church of the Brethren, who had come to the area a few years earlier to work with TB patients.
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Last Updated on Monday, 11 May 2009 21:05 |
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August 2004
History: Niwot began as a railroad town in 1873, named after a left-handed Arapaho Chief, Niwot - means left-handed. The railroad section house is located midway between Boulder and Longmont. It now can be found on the south side of the Diagonal (Hwy 119), nine miles northeast of Boulder. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 11 May 2009 21:26 |
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June 2004
Appeal: This area began as a 668-acre subdivision located just seven miles north of Boulder back in 1963 shortly after construction of IBM's plant near 63rd Street and Colorado Hwy. 119. The City of Boulder had agreed to extend utility lines and to annex it into Boulder with 3 - 5 years, and today it has still remained outside of Boulder. The residents are served by volunteer fire firefighters and the County Sheriffs. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 11 May 2009 21:12 |
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